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Sunday, 25 September 2016

I found a very good deal on ebay for GW Carnifex parts & what better monster for 15mm Nid like army than a 40K Carnifex ? This is a prime example that loads of models can be used across several scales.

Unfortunately there were no bodies , so I glued 2 back shells one against each other & built the body using putty & card. The legs available made it possible to make charging / trotting models.
I modified them with GS also.
So now my Xenos / Nids have a monster capable of taking on a tank.

Hello all,
Finished my Ikwen & Barabuu Cattle & did a short write up on the Ikwen.
Photos follow the write up.

This is my setting as regards the
Ikwen, one of the intelligent humanoid races that inhabit the galaxy.

It is the year 2250, 5th year of
Queen Elizabeta's the 10th reign, the Space British Expeditionary Force (SBEF)
led by Sir Frederick Pinesborough , British Space explorer, Space navigator and
Star captain in the Royal Space Navy (RSN) discovers a new resource planet in its
area of exploration.

He names this planet Albion Six, in the
tradition of the RSN at this time. This planet is classified a resource planet
but whilst having a breathable atmosphere it is not a habitable one as the light
spectra of the twin stars orbiting the planet have a hallucinogenic effect on
human psyche and cause severe migraines unless humans are equipped with special
& expensive light filtering equipment. As a matter of fact all fauna on the
planet has developed 2 pairs of eyes, as part of their natural evolution.

On the largest continent called
Barabuu (around the size of Australia
back on Terra) Sir Frederick met with an indigenous intelligent Reptilohumaniod
race which they called the Ikwen. The name Ikwen was coined after the Kalak IhikkKikk
Shaman of the Twin Star Tribe said “ Ikka kawenn “ , as soon as he met Sir
Frederick which can be loosely translated as “ What a big strange smelling creature
“

Ikwen do not have a written language so all the names are human assumptions on how they would be spelled.

As always with the expansion of the British Empire there was also the growth of trade. Free
traders & entrepreneurs followed in the wake of the explorers (after
getting the Royal Trade Seal, off course).

One such free trader
working under the arm of one of the powerful trading lodges New Horizons Guild House,
George Thomas Sercombe, discovered that on Barabuu one finds a wild growing plant
which if prepared & cured correctly would yield one of the most potent
& popular psychotropic substances in known space. This drug marketed by new
Horizons under the name “Juvens “for its invigorating effect, proved to be a
very lucrative affair especially among the well do classes of society.

New Horizons employed
the best botanical engineers to try to grow the plant (Tubus Herba Quadrifoglii / Tube
/ Ikkana utakeem ) on other planets but to no avail. This has made the Ikwen a
very valuable resource as the only way to harvest the plant is with their help.

SBEF forces are now permanently
stationed on Barabuu in light protected outposts to protect the Ikwen and
obviously the crown’s trade interests.

Little do the botanical
engineers know that the Ikwen exude a pheromone which helps the plant grow,
sort of a symbiotic relationship & can only be harvested by them if good quality
is to be ensured & they are not saying…..

Obviously the Ikwen ,not
being fools demanded payment for their services. They asked for firearms after
they saw what the SBEF arms could do. New Horizon decided to give then
antiquated projectile weapons which the Ikwen appreciated greatly as they kill
from afar.

It is to be noted that
there are different Ikwen tribes on Barabuu who are not always on good terms &
New Horizons are not the only trading company which has interests to make a
profit. Neither is SBEF the only military forces present as other factions want
a piece of the cake.

Hello all,
Finished my Ikwen & Barabuu Cattle & did a short write up on the Ikwen.
Photos follow the write up.

This is my setting as regards the
Ikwen, one of the intelligent humanoid races that inhabit the galaxy.

It is the year 2250, 5th year of
Queen Elizabeta's the 10th reign, the Space British Expeditionary Force (SBEF)
led by Sir Frederick Pinesborough , British Space explorer, Space navigator and
Star captain in the Royal Space Navy (RSN) discovers a new resource planet in its
area of exploration.

He names this planet Albion Six, in the
tradition of the RSN at this time. This planet is classified a resource planet
but whilst having a breathable atmosphere it is not a habitable one as the light
spectra of the twin stars orbiting the planet have a hallucinogenic effect on
human psyche and cause severe migraines unless humans are equipped with special
& expensive light filtering equipment. As a matter of fact all fauna on the
planet has developed 2 pairs of eyes, as part of their natural evolution.

On the largest continent called
Barabuu (around the size of Australia
back on Terra) Sir Frederick met with an indigenous intelligent Reptilohumaniod
race which they called the Ikwen. The name Ikwen was coined after the Kalak IhikkKikk
Shaman of the Twin Star Tribe said “ Ikka kawenn “ , as soon as he met Sir
Frederick which can be loosely translated as “ What a big strange smelling creature
“

Ikwen do not have a written language so all the names are human assumptions on how they would be spelled.

As always with the expansion of the British Empire there was also the growth of trade. Free
traders & entrepreneurs followed in the wake of the explorers (after
getting the Royal Trade Seal, off course).

One such free trader
working under the arm of one of the powerful trading lodges New Horizons Guild House,
George Thomas Sercombe, discovered that on Barabuu one finds a wild growing plant
which if prepared & cured correctly would yield one of the most potent
& popular psychotropic substances in known space. This drug marketed by new
Horizons under the name “Juvens “for its invigorating effect, proved to be a
very lucrative affair especially among the well do classes of society.

New Horizons employed
the best botanical engineers to try to grow the plant (Tubus Herba Quadrifoglii / Tube
/ Ikkana utakeem ) on other planets but to no avail. This has made the Ikwen a
very valuable resource as the only way to harvest the plant is with their help.

SBEF forces are now permanently
stationed on Barabuu in light protected outposts to protect the Ikwen and
obviously the crown’s trade interests.

Little do the botanical
engineers know that the Ikwen exude a pheromone which helps the plant grow,
sort of a symbiotic relationship & can only be harvested by them if good quality
is to be ensured & they are not saying…..

Obviously the Ikwen ,not
being fools demanded payment for their services. They asked for firearms after
they saw what the SBEF arms could do. New Horizon decided to give then
antiquated projectile weapons which the Ikwen appreciated greatly as they kill
from afar.

It is to be noted that
there are different Ikwen tribes on Barabuu who are not always on good terms &
New Horizons are not the only trading company which has interests to make a
profit. Neither is SBEF the only military forces present as other factions want
a piece of the cake.